Still alive edition.

New update, new waifus, more anime tiddies.

Discuss Brave Nine and the spin-off games, BraveNine Story & Magic Stone Knights here.

Latest PV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OLVtWScLPI

[11.23.23] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/472/-11-23-23-brave-nine-update

Man even on vmg no one talks about this game anymore. It's like BD2 took all the remaining fans

Developer Notes – December 2023

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/474/developer-notes-december-2023

>canceled

What's going on here?

Yuridori!

I guess they are not planning to shutdown the game in 2024...

is this the shitty game that was turned into play to earn crypto bullshit?

>>1343727
They added Crypto NFT server
https://crypto.bravenine.com

[12.07.23] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/476/-12-07-23-brave-nine-update

>>1351536
The only thing interesting about the Wester re-work is that he hits back and the black knight. Seems OP in world arena.

Didn't expect them to add summon skill for characters.

Denarisa gonna have summon knights skill for her rework in the future.

Shop Renewal Details

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/478/shop-renewal-details

>>1341821
Does BD2 have Aie or Laraposa?

>>1357744
No. No yet, at least

>>1357767
I'll check back next year.

how is magic stone knights doing?
still alive or abandoned completely like brave nine story?

>>1360811
Still getting updates.

[12.21.23] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/480/-12-21-23-brave-nine-update

2024 will be here soon and these characters are still without companions:

WARRIOR

5 stars

Elija
Farrel
Hanya

4 stars

Corette
Dominique
Dr. Morgan
Kanna
Kellan
Krull
Leto
Lian
Maya
Octavia
Orienne
Viola
Zakan

3 stars

Beatrice
Bran
Cordelia
Ingrid
Karg
Kozak
Marron
Mia
Natalie
Rai
Rigenette
Sizka
Thalos
Wiggle

>>1364753
DEFENDER

5 stars

Aaron
Antonio
Deomaron
Lecliss
Ludia

4 stars

Acha
BDM N-0524
Denarisa
Frederica
Gaius
Grace
Grosa
Jacklin
Joseph
Martius
Yuria

3 stars

Horan
Kaci
Mercedes
Mine
Rosa
Sloan
Tiara

>>1364753
>>1364754
MAGICIAN

5 stars

Aie
Edwin
Garinoth
Hijin
Lorang

4 stars

Bruno
Chalkle
Charlotte
Dr. Logic
Hell
Kyle
Lucrezia
Magnus
Naius
Ors
Zarka

3 stars

Cynthia
Elaine
Marlene
Melody
Noel
Pierre
Velona

>>1364753
>>1364754
>>1364757
SUPPORTER

5 stars

Laura
Sabrina
Themis

4 stars

Anais
Elijah
Ino
John
Kuwik
Naressa
Sarubia
Vincent

3 stars

Asera
Claris
Daniel
Edan
Elin
Eras
Eunice
Hyeon Wol
Nowa

>>1364753
2024 will be the year of the 4*.

One year anniversary soon

Developer Notes – January 2024

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/483/developer-notes-january-2024

>It is now possible to continue the use of ‘Background Multi Repeat’ in ‘Match’ modes even when the game is not on.

I've been waiting for this.

>We have added a First/Second Half update plan at the end of this Developer Note.
>We hope you will look forward to all the things that we will update in 2024 as well.

Neowiz, can you at least translate this image into English first?

Why are you using this for English dev notes?

>>1368570
Forgot the image.

2023 Brave Nine Awards

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/482/2023-brave-nine-awards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duTz_NNkLxY

>>1368571
I just read it again and I just realized they're already translated, they just pull all supported languages into 1 image.

>>1369003
>pull

Put

>>1368573
Whats the code

>>1369444
There's a code?

I guess I missed it, it's been a long time since they give out codes, I think. And I can't even remember where to enter the code.

>>1371874
I just read it again, they did say they have coupon code but I can't find it.

>>1372058
2023THANKU

>>1375463
So there's a code after all, where did you find it?

>>1375842
The video was slowly showing it off and putting it in the top left.

>>1376004
Ah, I missed that.

[1.11.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/487/-1-11-24-brave-nine-update

[Brave Nine] 2023 Year's End Greeting (+Roadmap)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paB2iETaljQ

[Brave Nine] New Exalted Group 'Destiniers'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5a0L7R6tI4

I love the girls in Brown Dust 1 and this, but the sequel gameplay just wasn't clicking with me. I'm not sure I like the little contained stories/worlds and playing it on emu didn't feel good. I don't know why.

>>1377925
>the sequel gameplay just wasn't clicking with me
Maybe cuz the combat relies on cooldowns and meters? Because they split damage into physical and magical and currently favor magical? All that in-between-battles shit because the devs really wanna play that "just like muh real gamez!" angle? I dunno, I'm just guessing.
>I'm not sure I like the little contained stories/worlds
Multiverse shit always cheapens things, and the devs seem really insistent on introducing BD1 characters this way. Also, it could easily end up like Guardian Tales where they keep churning out endless filler content while the main story progresses at a snail's place
>playing it on emu didn't feel good
Emus always suck, and BD2 has an official PC client anyways

>>1377925
>playing it on emu didn't feel good

Have you tried the pc client?

>>1380972
I played for a few days. The fuck is with the occasional buffering all the time?

>>1382962
Probably because there's only 1 server for the game.

Director's Letter
https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/490/director-s-letter

[1.25.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/493/-1-25-24-brave-nine-update

Developer Notes - February 2024

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/495/developer-notes-february-2024

BraveNine Story Service Termination

https://braveninestory.com/news/?q=YToxOntzOjEyOiJrZXl3b3JkX3R5cGUiO3M6MzoiYWxsIjt9&bmode=view&idx=17819067&t=board

>>1393425
What was even the point of that game

>>1393539
Get even more money from Brown Dust fans.

If BD2 were to fall into /vmg/-and this is assuming BD1 is still around by time that happens-would this thread merge with theirs? It's pretty obvious BD2 has the Genshin/Nikke problem where their fanbase is a completely different beast from its predecessor game's

>>1394590
I mean, might as well try. Hell it might encourage them to try brave nine rather than stick to one game.

Recently discovered this one. How long has this game been going on for and how alive is it currently? Also is it self published or does it has a publisher? Also is it f2p friendly? Really like the art style of this game!

>>1398198
>how long has this game been going on
since 2017
>how alive is it
Could be deader. Used to have threads on /vg/. I've seen games as old as this one-like Soccer Spirits, Crusaders Quest, and King's Raid-stop making content and enter eternal maintenance mode. This game is probably kept alive by paid skins sorta like Azur Lane
>Also is it self published or does it has a publisher?
The publisher is Neowiz
>Also is it f2p friendly?
It's an old-gen Korean gacha, that's never really been their biggest selling point. There's a reason most people avoided gachas until Arknights or Genshin. Still, the game should give you enough freebies to blaze though the story's first arc (dunno about the second or third)

[2.15.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/497/-2-15-24-brave-nine-update

>>1398198
Just play Brown Dust 2

Developer Notes – March 2024

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/499/developer-notes-march-2024

>>1412459
Sex

[2.29.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/501/-2-29-24-brave-nine-update

RIP BraveNine Story, the game will shutdown soon.

>>1415334
Holy shit they did something with the Colosseum mode. I thought they abandoned it

It's 2024 and we'll never get awakened illustrations...

[3.14.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/502/-3-14-24-brave-nine-update

Blind!?

They actually give Blind debuff to someone else?

Other than Marron, I don't remember any other mercenaries with Blind debuff.

>Moves the main target backwards 4 tiles

We can push them now? This reminds me of Brown Dust 2 Knockback skill.

Where's the BD2 general?

>>1423779
Search /bd2g/

>>1423794
Thank ya.

I cant update the game bros.

I got back in bros.

I wonder if Neowiz gonna reveal BD1 & 2 collab at the same time, it would be interesting if they have the same collab somehow...

Developer Notes – April 2024

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/505/developer-notes-april-2024

Survey Event Results

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/504/survey-event-results

[Brave Nine] 7th Anniversary Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU_NHLkLjgM

>>1438326
I have no idea why they didn't make the defender exalted unit a girl in the first place.

>>1438343
So they can sell genderbent costume later.

[4.11.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/508/-4-11-24-brave-nine-update

>>1446186
YURI DORI
Also they finally they add in the Templars merc selection and even threw in a legend companion selection ticket.

How do we feel about solo raid bros? Has anyone tried the colosseum?

>>1451739
>solo raid

Just World Boss with some extra buff/debuff skills, I think. I don't remember much, got low scores, didn't have time to find good formation.

>tried the colosseum?

Nope.

7th Anniversary Wallpaper

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/510/7th-anniversary-wallpaper

Developer Notes – May 2024

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/513/developer-notes-may-2024

>>1458565
I think this is the shortest developer notes.

>>1458565
I dont know how I'm suppose to feel about a new Exalted unit.

[5.9.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/515/-5-9-24-brave-nine-update

BD2 player here
Latest story pack was fucking KINO
Thinking of starting B9 but I feel it's certainly in it's twilight years.

>>1468053
Play for story, forget PvP modes.

Is there a website compiling the sexy animations?

>>1470308
You're probably thinking about Brown Dust 2.

There's no sexy animations in Brave Nine.

You should try asking in /bd2g/.

>>1470369
Thank you sir.

Developer Notes – June 2024

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/517/developer-notes-june-2024

DJMax collab.

New collab character.

El Clear can be obtained from the collab dungeon shop.

New silver star mercenaries.

Goddammit, why are they doing this?

I like Novice because 5 stars are not allowed.

Same thing with World where Legends cannot be used.

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/519/-6-13-24-brave-nine-update
>Took back the novice arena update because of backlash
Serves them right

Good to see they cancelled the Novice update, 5 stars are much more powerful and better than 4 stars, it would ruin Novice arena.

Developer Notes – July 2024

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/521/developer-notes-july-2024

>>1341595 (OP)
>Magic Stone Knights
Where tf is the ancient coin shop? And holy fuck this game has virtually zero documentation online

[7.11.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/523/-7-11-24-brave-nine-update

It's over

>>1539032
I saw from the BD2 general, as an old time fan my condolences on the sad news. I'll be sure to jump on again at some point to enjoy arenas one last time and the last update.

Main game dead, spin-off Magic Stone Knight is still alive somehow.

5* that need their companions
>Elija
>Aaron
>Antonio
>Deomaron
>Lecliss
>Ludia
>Aie
>Edwin
>Garinoth
>Hijin
>Lorang
>Laura
>Sabrina
>Themis
And a we will probably never get all 4*companions .

>>1539159
I don't think 5 months is enough to finish all the 5* companions

>>1539159
Also we have 2 legends and 3 exalted units left

>>1539159
Of those, I think Aaron is the one who really need companion, for story reason.

Second would be Laura, being one of the main characters.

>>1539032
Time to check out BD2 if you want to continue the story
It removes any sort of story and lore in favor for cheap porn with the general being one of the worst gacha threads you'll ever post in so you can watch how they continue to destroy everything that people liked about the franchise

Additional info from Discord.

>New mercenaries and content will not be added to the game.

No new companions? Do they consider companions as characters or not?

>>1539466
And here's the link mentioned in image above.

https://www.bravenine.com/en/media/fankit

Unfortunately, there are no Companion illustrations and costumes.

>>1539471
After extracting everything, I think most Legends are missing too.

>>1539032
BRING ALL MY WIVES TO BD2 BEFORE DYING JOHN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>1539466
Elijah and Aie companion never ever. Also sucks that we won't even be able to finish the liberators or the rest of the exalted units

>>1539466
I don't know who lingers in that discord but they need to tell them there are missing CGs.

>>1539287
>story and lore in favor for cheap porn
You shouldn't lie on the internet, bwo. There's always some retards that will believe it.

>>1539619
You're right, it's not even porn. They're pausing story for a year just to milk summer limiteds and collab hyperlimiteds.

>>1539624
Yeah they should really alternate between story pack and character pack. Now they have to spam character packs after spamming story packs.
Also, check out how often a multi million dollar gacha game like genshin even update it's main story (archon quest). It's 1-2 a year.

>>1539642
Genshin does events every week though and it's usually pretty massive when they do update the story with production values through the roof
Games like HSR do updates every patch too and the average gacha usually updates their story every 1~2 months so it's very unheard of for a game that's barely a year old to just outright admit they're putting the story on hold until nearly the 2nd anniversary

>>1539555
This feels like plans changed in the middle of the year.

Neowiz told them to finish everything by the end of the year and put all resources to Brown Dust 2 instead.

Curious how they gonna finish the main campaign now, this is like when a manga gets cancelled and author had to speedrun the story in like 5 chapters.

>>1539661
It feels like Destiny Child all over again...
I was hoping BD1 would still be around should BD2 somehow fall into /vmg/, but I guess that won't be the case...

>>1539987
nah bd2 wouldn't fall into vmg since the thread stays up purely through the force of intense and extreme shitposting

>>1540083
For better or worse, the thread are much active now than few months ago.

Wiggle...

>>1540108
A dead thread like the one we're in is way better than an ""active"" thread that survives purely off shitposting, baiting, spite and trolling

I'd rather have 2 guys that like the game as much as me over 200 that don't particularly care about it and just find it fun to have a chatroom where they can freely troll on the internet

>>1540083
It's only a year old, give it time.
Gook gachas usually fall off around 3rd or 4th anniversary, if not sooner-Case in point: Guardian Tales, King's Raid, BD1, etc. (And remember, some of those games used to have threads on vg). Maybe BD2 will be different, but only time will tell

>>1540133
That's not the problem, the problem is that current /bd2g/ doesn't particularly care about Brown Dust, Brave Nine, the story, the lore or the characters.
It's usually either a porn dump or a toilet for someone to shitpost about whatever the fuck they're getting mad that day which is really bad if you actually wanted someone to talk about the game with. Same disease as big game generals except without any of the benefits that come with playing a 'big game'.

The first B9 /vmg/ thread with more than 10 replies.

>>1540151
>current /bd2g/ doesn't particularly care about Brown Dust, Brave Nine, the story, the lore or the characters.
Given how much BD2 loves to rely on the multiverse for content and scrapped the BD1 tutorial, I don't think BD2 itself cares either.

>>1540171
A real shame too, considering the ability to hop across universes should have given the developers infinite refresh time should a story get "old" for them and focus on something else. I sure hope that story break into 2025 helps them get their shit back on track.

>>1539647
BD2 have fewer staff, fewer budget, etc. Let's not forget that their original update schedule are every 4 weeks. That's why most event took place in an already existing character packs and only in the form of "VN story". Hopefully now that they EoS'd BD they will put more resources into BD2.

>>1539466
Should I just spend my tickets?

>>1539555
Don't forget the one last dominous octo that never has its own gate.

>>1541525
They are still updating the game so I'll say wait until we get August patch?

In this>>1539032 they said "renewal of various Mercenaries", whatever that means.

[8.22.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/528/-8-22-24-brave-nine-update

New Fatebearer, Fabian.

Adjusted Costume Prices.

New 1 Gold Items in the Shop.

Some mercenaries’ skills are significantly improved.

The 4 stars renewal are interesting.

Grosa doesn't have companion but some of his stats are increased. I wonder why he was chosen as one of renewed mercenaries.

Some new skills for Three Musketeers. Why them? Is someone on the dev team a big fan of Musketeers?

>>1545406
Why the hell is young Fabian a fate bearer?? Also what is the likely good that we meet the characters from brown dust 2?

Additional info from Discord.

It looks like the final story chapters will be in offline version?

I got so much shit just by logging in

Looking at in-game mercenaries list, Xenon was reworked too, I think the first skill is new? I don't remember that skill icon.

>>1547887
Forgot the image.

Goddamn, majority never played any BD series before.

>>1553286
Most people these days never played ANY gacha before Genshin, definitely not before Arknights that's for sure. Between Genshin, Nikke and BD2, we're living in the age of secondaries

>>1553286
>Magic Stone got more player than two BD1 version combined
kek

Musketeers and Rene are good now. I guess the renewal really helped them.

I don't quite remember the old Musketeers skills. I'm pretty sure they have something with set effect attack combination before (need to deploy all three for the skills to work) but it's gone now.

Let's get these rewards fellow anons

>>1567475
Should've named it Brave Nine.

Congratulations BD2 for having a good collab

>>1571195
Wiggle wiggle!!?

[9.26.24] Brave Nine Update

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/530/-9-26-24-brave-nine-update

How do I install this on PC?

>>1579046
The options are:

Emulators

Steam

Google Play Games Beta

I don't know if we can still download the game after they announced shutdown, I never tried it.

Every website has a different tier list I don't know what to pick I have regular eclipse and O. Rubia already I see Zenith is the most popular skin

Is it worth it to start playing now, or should I wait for the offline version they promised after EoS?

>>1595308
There are so many good rewards just by playing the game and there's 1 gold shop where we can buy rare items (skill books, selector tickets, etc).

We still don't know much about the offline version.

>>1597256
Like that anon, I was also waiting for the game to EoS so I could read through it without much grinding. Can I read the game's story without trying too hard with team-building? Also, are all the previous event stories available for reading?

>>1600700
I am that anon, and the game story is super easy since they give you 2 of the 3 mythics within a few days of starting + Fabian
They also give enough materials to level all the characters you need
You will still need more to max your characters, but story hasn't been an issue so far

For the mythics, I wen't with the support and the warrior. The mage also seems pretty great from what I've seen (borrowing from a friend), but mages need 1 round setup by default. There are ways around it, but they're less obvious or available to new players.

You also get tons of extra gems since purchases with real money are completely disabled. Starting now, I expect I'll be able to get all of the available costumes before EoS just in case they take them out

Full disclosure I just started playing last week and know barely anything about the meta

>>1604871
Just installed it. Thanks for chiming in. Glad to hear that you could go through the story without much issue even if you don't go knee-deep learning about the meta.

Also, if you can't beat a story stage, you can look at the in-game message board in each stage, usually some players will post what formation they use to beat the stages.

About the meta, just use this website and look for the most popular characters
https://book.bravenine.com

>>1607060

I use this KR board for PvP and World/Raid boss formations.
https://arca.live/b/browndust?category=결장

[Brave Nine] Reflecting on Brave Nine's 7-year Journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyB6Sanw9wc

>>1617706
Ahh yes, the sky islands mode that got canned. Also I've been playing for 6 years goddamn

Standalone Version - Dec 5, 2024 (Thu)

https://www.bravenine.com/en/news/533/standalone-version-dec-5-2024-thu

Huh? Collab is included? That's surprising.

I wonder if its only DJMax characters or everything.

Collab costumes will be gone.

>>1626007
>No christmas
Bummer, but considering I was expecting this to be more limited than I thought, this is still more than welcome news. Free mode is fantastic.

I wish we can transfer our mobile accounts to Steam version, I prefer playing on PC instead.

If only the game didn't end this year...

>>1627434
We can have the last two Liberators as playable characters.

Sex

>>1627446
>>1627447

I hate Neowiz for shutting down the game, I want these two as playable.

This is Magic Stone Knights thread now.

I never played the game.

>>1638265
Have they made new characters for the game or is it just B9 characters?

>>1341595 (OP)
>Still alive edition.
Not anymore lol

>>1638544
From what I've seen, it just B9 characters.

im new to browndust2, i didnt realize some of these characters were from other games. sorry to those losing out on any possible new story for the game being ended :(

i love brown dust. do threads get made often for it?

>>1645023
There are generals on /vg/ before.

Looks like the official English site is dead.

Shame, I was thinking to get some character arts there.

>>1662113
you can always try the cafe website but finding costumes means that you have to go through patch notes rather than the character profiles

>>1662394
I just looked it up, the Korean cafe site is still alive, good to see.

God I'm so autistic about white-haired red-eyed edgy autist women, someone send help

so how the fuck do i farm gems on this shit, i started a couple of days ago and i just don't get it

>>1357744
Any word on these girls yet?

Guys, quick question: Is there any juicy cunny in this game? Or is it all cowtits.

i wanna coom is this gacha obscenely expensive or can i f2p and whats the best way to play android stuff on pc

I think brown dust is the first non hentai gacha to slightly show pussy on their outfit animation

is it true the game has cuck content in it

>>1729133
Their is no mc to self insert so the girls are fucking faceless npc. You can make it not cuck by self inserting yourself as the faceless npc

>>1729732
Does Laitris being obsessed with Gray count.

>>1729732
I can't imagine how you would consider that cucking to begin with unless you have brain damage.

>>1733975
fuck really?
dropped

>>1724369
They won't add child characters!

>>1741634
But isn't the twintailed main girl a child? I'll check again next year.

>>1343717
Cute

I really like this game, but I'd rather prefer a single player game to throw my money at.
Lies of P was a good start, but I now want a big tiddie game

Does this game have plenty of fan service like Nikke with sexy girls everywhere, bouncing tits and ass and all that?

>>1764676
Play Brown Dust 2.

how much time does this consume daily to keep up as f2p?

>>1766971
Game is dead.

>>1764676
BD2 is the one for that

Brave Nine does have sexy girls everywhere, it just that all we haves are illustrations. No skill animations, no interactions, etc.